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1 April, 03:22

Why are there square brackets around the first letter of a word?

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  1. 1 April, 04:31
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    Usually indicates that the sentence was part of a quote where the first letter is not at the beginning of the sentence. So they do the [] to compensate. We do this so we do not lie.

    Say that you wanted to quote me right here.

    "[T]o quote me right here" would be appropriate.
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